Kalamazoo Opinion: Jeff Barrtag:www.mlive.com,2014:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/46202010-05-16T01:19:19ZLocal Columns, Blogs, Editorials, Letters and Guest ColumnsMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceCatholic Family Service's Caring Network in Kalamazoo needs to replace soggy bearstag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4558660.201005152155282010-05-16T01:19:19Z2010-05-16T01:55:28ZKALAMAZOO — A faulty toilet and a case of bad timing have created a soggy problem for some moms and babies around town. Among other things, they need some Teddy Bears. Please bear with me while I explain. Catholic Family...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
KALAMAZOO — A faulty toilet and a case of bad timing have created a soggy problem for some moms and babies around town. Among other things, they need some Teddy Bears.Please bear with me while I explain.Catholic Family Service’s Caring...
This week, having a dirty dog can be a good thingtag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4506676.201005011746142010-05-02T13:33:57Z2010-05-01T21:46:14ZPORTAGE — Dog owners out there, this is a call to let those pets play in the dirt a little bit and get dusty for a week or so. Let your pooch get good and grimy, in need of a...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
PORTAGE — Dog owners out there, this is a call to let those pets play in the dirt a little bit and get dusty for a week or so.Let your pooch get good and grimy, in need of a good...
'Famous Friends' offers an education about Kalamazootag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.44496482010-04-17T21:25:11Z2010-04-17T21:52:47ZIt appears to be a hodgepodge of random autographed newspaper and magazine stories and photographs, but the items are interwoven.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
It appears to be a hodgepodge of random autographed newspaper and magazine stories and photographs, but the items are interwoven.
What a deal! A shelf full of TV pitchestag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4425791.201004102213312010-04-11T12:00:00Z2010-04-11T02:13:31ZToday, we present for your viewing pleasure the "As Seen on TV" aisle (insert exaggerated gyrations and gesticulations here).
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Today, we present for your viewing pleasure the "As Seen on TV" aisle (insert exaggerated gyrations and gesticulations here).
Column: Easter brings a basket-full for the sensestag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4403580.201004031618232010-04-03T22:12:51Z2010-04-03T20:18:23ZJeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazette opinionToday, Easter Sunday, stirs the soul of many throughout town. It’s also a routine-breaker of once-a-year tastes, sights, sound and smells. Bunnies and peeps and eggs and such make it a different kind of a...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazette opinionToday, Easter Sunday, stirs the soul of many throughout town. It’s also a routine-breaker of once-a-year tastes, sights, sound and smells.Bunnies and peeps and eggs and such make it a different kind of a day...
Column: Spring flings: There's plenty to do for spring break around Southwest Michigantag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4384738.201003291149422010-03-29T16:30:00Z2010-03-29T15:49:42ZSo, spring break has crept upon you, and you cannot get away. But even without an airplane trip, there's still plenty of springtime play.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
So, spring break has crept upon you, and you cannot get away. But even without an airplane trip, there's still plenty of springtime play.
Column: A little village reveals pieces of slower daystag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.43846992010-03-29T15:05:59Z2010-03-29T15:43:17ZI sometimes long for days gone by. A slower time. A simpler life. Dismissal of this thought is usually the answer, as I understand that a travel back to another era seems an intangible dream. But there is a way. Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
I sometimes long for days gone by. A slower time. A simpler life. Dismissal of this thought is usually the answer, as I understand that a travel back to another era seems an intangible dream. But there is a way.
Take a breath to enjoy springtime's simple treatstag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.43479182010-03-20T21:39:01Z2010-03-20T22:09:43ZLet's breathe deeply. Let's enjoy every nuance of a season we deserve.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Let's breathe deeply. Let's enjoy every nuance of a season we deserve.
Extra! Extra! Comstock kids read all about ittag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4317559.201003191739062010-03-14T17:18:46Z2010-03-19T21:39:06ZAs a 25-year veteran of the newspaper business, I've learned a few things about what readers seek in their Kalamazoo Gazette each week. But I've recently been schooled by a classroom of fifth-graders who gave some insightful — and at times surprising and humorous — answers in a survey conducted by Sue Marietta, their civics teacher at Comstock East Elementary School.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
As a 25-year veteran of the newspaper business, I've learned a few things about what readers seek in their Kalamazoo Gazette each week. But I've recently been schooled by a classroom of fifth-graders who gave some insightful — and at times surprising and humorous — answers in a survey conducted by Sue Marietta, their civics teacher at Comstock East Elementary School.
U.S. Curling nationals: World-class players converge on Kalamazootag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4291209.201003191736312010-03-07T16:00:37Z2010-03-19T21:36:31ZJohn A. Lacko / Special to the GazetteDebra Horn, right, practices with her curling team as teammate Emilia Juocys watches Saturday morning at Wings Stadium Saturday morning. Horn, of Cleveland, is the skip of the team.Curlers say icy sport ‘gets...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
John A. Lacko / Special to the GazetteDebra Horn, right, practices with her curling team as teammate Emilia Juocys watches Saturday morning at Wings Stadium Saturday morning. Horn, of Cleveland, is the skip of the team.Curlers say icy sport ‘gets...
Column: Family scores bigtag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4264352.201002272141402010-02-28T20:00:00Z2010-02-28T02:41:40ZTogetherness. It is the cornerstone of stable families, and certainly a much-desired quality of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters who seek loving relationships.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Togetherness. It is the cornerstone of stable families, and certainly a much-desired quality of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters who seek loving relationships.
Column: Valentine's Day — a time for warms hearts to touch cold handstag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4213504.201002132036292010-02-14T13:33:43Z2010-02-14T01:36:29ZToday we speak of hearts. It is Valentine’s Day, after all. The hearts we consider today aren’t made of paper or filled with chocolates. These aren’t greeting cards with generic poems. But, they are hearts, nonetheless. There are hearts that...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Today we speak of hearts. It is Valentine’s Day, after all.The hearts we consider today aren’t made of paper or filled with chocolates. These aren’t greeting cards with generic poems. But, they are hearts, nonetheless.There are hearts that ache in...
COLUMN: Long-distance runner truly a man on the movetag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4118246.201001161931222010-01-17T04:31:28Z2010-01-17T00:31:22ZThe greeting on Chris Lampen-Crowell's voice mail finishes with "Get out and move," which, if you know this guy, is far more than a catchy slogan.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
The greeting on Chris Lampen-Crowell's voice mail finishes with "Get out and move," which, if you know this guy, is far more than a catchy slogan.
Column: When jobs are precious, make the most of themtag:www.mlive.com,2010:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4072839.201001051455252010-01-03T11:36:17Z2010-01-05T19:55:25ZOne by one she lifted the stools and placed them, seat side down, on tables throughout the room. It was closing time at That Coffee Place in Paw Paw and Chelsey Rhodes was minutes away from locking up for the night.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
One by one she lifted the stools and placed them, seat side down, on tables throughout the room. It was closing time at That Coffee Place in Paw Paw and Chelsey Rhodes was minutes away from locking up for the night.
Optimistic smile warms the nighttag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.40567692009-12-26T22:30:36Z2009-12-26T22:37:38ZAn impatient driver honked his horn, unaware or unconcerned that a limping woman was gently pulling her cargo into the van.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
An impatient driver honked his horn, unaware or unconcerned that a limping woman was gently pulling her cargo into the van.
Column: Good hearts beat beneath shoulder pads and facemaskstag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.40436492009-12-21T03:23:30Z2009-12-21T22:35:12ZPut them on the ice, and the Major-Midget AAA hockey team based at Kalamazoo's S2 Arena will knock your lights out. But these 18-and-under teammates -- mostly local, but with a roster that includes players from Indianapolis, Seattle and Portland, Ore. -- prove that even rugged hockey players have a soft side.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Put them on the ice, and the Major-Midget AAA hockey team based at Kalamazoo's S2 Arena will knock your lights out. But these 18-and-under teammates -- mostly local, but with a roster that includes players from Indianapolis, Seattle and Portland, Ore. -- prove that even rugged hockey players have a soft side.
Column: Middle school activities foster sense of communitytag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.4022445.200912122206152009-12-13T17:00:00Z2009-12-13T03:06:15ZCianna Gray, 13, stuffs a donation given to her Friday into a Salvation Army red kettle. Cianna and other members of the Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts' student senate were "ringing in the change" Friday for The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. The students were stationed outside of one of the Macy's entrances at The Crossroads mall in Portage.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Cianna Gray, 13, stuffs a donation given to her Friday into a Salvation Army red kettle. Cianna and other members of the Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts' student senate were "ringing in the change" Friday for The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. The students were stationed outside of one of the Macy's entrances at The Crossroads mall in Portage.
No magic to being an author; just start writingtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.40016742009-12-06T01:59:52Z2009-12-06T02:05:32ZHere's my advice, as the author of four books: If you have a story to tell, simply sit down and get writing. It's not exactly as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, but one word after the other will get you going.Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
Here's my advice, as the author of four books: If you have a story to tell, simply sit down and get writing. It's not exactly as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, but one word after the other will get you going.
Jeff Barr column: Facing the dark and cold in the hope of worktag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.3980162.200911301138402009-11-29T10:55:07Z2009-11-30T16:38:40ZJohn A. Lacko | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTemporary worker Kevin Whitfield, left, waits with Ministry with Community driver Bobby Casey for more workers before they leave at 5 a.m. Monday from North Rose Street to drive to the Labor...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
John A. Lacko | Special to the Kalamazoo GazetteTemporary worker Kevin Whitfield, left, waits with Ministry with Community driver Bobby Casey for more workers before they leave at 5 a.m. Monday from North Rose Street to drive to the Labor...
Jeff Barr column: For mission volunteer, giving thanks means servingtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf//4620.39749602009-11-26T21:19:42Z2009-11-29T03:15:06ZDELTON — As Larry Phillips gazes over the 102 acres of rolling countryside he owns between Delton and Hickory Corners, he looks more the part of rugged farmer than retired high school administrator. Wearing the stubbly beginnings of a white...Jeff Barr | Kalamazoo Gazettehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbarr/index.html
DELTON — As Larry Phillips gazes over the 102 acres of rolling countryside he owns between Delton and Hickory Corners, he looks more the part of rugged farmer than retired high school administrator. Wearing the stubbly beginnings of a white...